The International PigeonRacing Federation

Federation Colombophile Internationale

I. Historical overview 1. Short history of FCI 2. Presidents 3. Olympiads and Winners 4. World Championships

II. FCI as an international organization 1. Tasks 2. Benefits of FCI membership 3. Structure

III. Regulations of FCI 1. Rules and regulations 2. Competition rules 3. Competitions and shows

IV. Plans for the future of FCI 1. Confederations 2. Planned programs 3. Professional meetings, conferences

V. Leadership of FCI 1. FCI Director Board 2017- 2018 2. Members of FCI Director Board 3. Officers 4. Honorary members of FCI Leadership 5.Member Federations

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I. Historical overview

The modern-day breeding of racing pigeons was set off by merchants in Verviers, Belgium around 1870. The FCI’s official language is English, German, French.

1937 Brussels: Federation Colombophile Internationale (FCI) was established 1938 Brussels: First international exhibition, with 10 nations participating 1939 Cologne: Second international exhibition 1948 London: Federation Colombophile Internationale was re-established 1949 Biannual Racing Pigeon Olympiades was launched 1957 Standard category was adopted

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1. Short history of FCI

I. Historical overview

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I. Historical overview

Istvan BARDOS2017

Dr. José TERESO

2005

Carlos MARQUEZ PRATS

1992/ 1999

Guy BARRETT1983

Raoul VAN SPITAEL

1975

Wilfried STAES1953

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Henry MARTENS1948

Prof. Josef KOHAUS

1987

Georges DE PADUWA

1991

Benedito VILA NOVA1997

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• 1948 Henry MARTENS Belgium• 1953 Wilfried STAES Belgium• 1975 Raoul VAN SPITAEL Belgium• 1983 Guy BARRETT United Kingdom• 1987 Prof. Josef KOHAUS Germany• 1991 Georges DE PADUWA Belgium• 1992 Carlos MARQUEZ PRATS Spain• 1997 Benedito VILA NOVA Portugal• 1999 Carlos MARQUEZ PRATS Spain• 2001 Carlos MARQUEZ PRATS Spain• 2003 Carlos MARQUEZ PRATS Spain• 2005 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2007 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2009 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2011 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2013 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2015 Dr. José TERESO Portugal• 2017 Istvan BARDOS Hungary

2. Presidents

I. Historical overview

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I. 1949 Lille: France, Netherlands, Scotland

II. 1951 Modena: Netherlands, France, Belgium

III. 1953 Copenhagen: cancelled due to Newcastle disease epidemic

IV. 1955 Barcelona: Netherlands, France, Belgium

V. 1957 Amsterdam: Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Belgium

VI. 1959 Lisbon : Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Belgium

VII. 1961 Essen : Belgium, FRG, Netherlands

VIII. 1963 Ostend : Czechoslovakia, Belgium, England

IX. 1965 London : England, Czechoslovakia, Belgium

X. 1967 Vienna : England, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands

XI. 1969 Katowice : Netherlands, England, Czechoslovakia

XII. 1971 Brussels : Czechoslovakia, FRG, Netherlands

XIII. 1973 Düsseldorf : England, Poland, Czechoslovakia

XIV. 1975 Budapest : Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, England

XV. 1977 Blackpool : FRG, England, Netherlands

XVI. 1979 Amsterdam: Czechoslovakia, FRG, Romania

XVII. 1981 Tokyo: Netherlands, Romania, Czechoslovakia

XVIII. 1983 Prague: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary

3. Olympiads and Winners

I. Historical overview

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XIX. 1985 Porto: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, FRG

XX. 1987 Dortmund: Czechoslovakia, FRG, Romania

XXI. 1989 Katowice: Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania

XXII. 1991 Verona: Netherlands, Portugal, Czechoslovakia

XXIII. 1993 Canary Islands: no data

XXIV. 1995 Utrecht: Portugal, Romania, Netherlands

XXV. 1997 Basel: Portugal, Germany, Netherlands

XXVI. 1999 Blackpool: Germany, Netherlands, Portugal

XXVII. 2001 Cape Town: Germany, Portugal, Slovakia

XXVIII. 2003 Lievin: Germany, Portugal, Poland

XXIX. 2005 Porto: Portugal, Germany, Hungary

XXX. 2007 Ostend: England, Poland, Germany

XXXI. 2009 Dortmund: Germany, Slovakia, Hungary

XXXII. 2011 Poznan: Germany, Slovakia, Poland

XXXIII. 2013 Nitra: Slovakia, Germany, Poland

XXXIV. 2015 Budapest: Poland, Slovakia, Germany

XXXV. 2017 Brussels: Slovakia, Germany, Czech Republic

I. Historical overview

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I. Historical overview

•1994 Canaries Spain•1995 Utrecht Netherlands•1996 Bale Switzerland •1997 Mira Portugal•1998 Buenos Aires Argentina•1999 Queretaro Mexico•2000 Beijing China•2001 Cape Town South Africa•2002 Roye France•2003 Mira Portugal•2004 Xacobeo Spain•2005 Hajdúszoboszló Hungary•2007 Nevele Belgium•2008 Fritzlar Deutschland•2009 Barengton France•2010 Wilcza Poland•2011 Mira Portugal•2012 Nitra Slovakia•2013 Mira Portugal•2014 Vác Hungary•2015 Arad Romania•2016 Nevele Belgium•2017 Mira Portugal

4. World Championships

I. Historical overview

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- As the only global pigeon racing body, FCI shapes and develops the pigeon sport and its rules of competition

- Its activities are crucial in ensuring standardization for all racing pigeon competitions organized by different federations

- It safeguards the rules, explores proposals for modification and ultimately decides whether to modify the competition rules

- It also studies the general issues of pigeon racing

- Makes political and strategic decisions

- Designs and modifies the internal organization

- Its main decision-making body is the Congress, which meets once every two years

1. Tasks

II. FCI as an international organization

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2. Benefits of FCI membership

II. FCI as an international organization

1. Can be an active participant of an international community

2. Only the FCI member countries can take part in international races ( for example Grand Prix, World Championship, Olympiades)

3. Racing pigeons will have official international results

4. Can apply the rules created by FCI (for example minimum require ments of electronic systems, chip rings)

5. Applying FCI standards can result more fair and transparent races in the member countries

6. Can participate on international exhibitions, forums, conferences

7. Can recieve the latest results of veterinary studies

8. FCI offers help in the organization of regional programs

9. FCI supports to solve issues of member states

10. Only FCI member countries are allowed to use FCI rings

11. Member countries can benefit from the professional consultations, services

12. Member countries can support and strenghten each other.

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3. StructureBoard:18 members, selected from congress delegate nominees by the Congress:1 President5 Vice- Presidents12 members of the board11 professional committeesMembers participating in the work of the Board in a consultative capacity include:the Secretary General of the FCIthe Treasurer Managerthe Statutes OfficerDuties of the Board: Appointing the members of the professional committeesAppointing and recalling the Secretary GeneralSelecting World Championship locationsSelecting Olympiad locationsSelecting Grand Prix locationsSetting up ad-hoc committeesApproving and enacting regulationsDecision- making process:Each delegate has 1 voteDecisions are made by majority votingMeetings twice a year (in March and October)The President convenes the meetingsThe President compiles the agendaMembers may propose items for the agendaIn the case of a tied vote, the President’s vote is decisive

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II. FCI as an international organization

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1.Rules and regulations

III. Regulations of FCI

1. Statutes 2. Sport rules, professional programs 3. Standard rules 4. Veterinary health, doping and control regulation 5. Financial Regulation 6. Olympiad criteria, the duties and responsibilities of organizers – exhibition regulation 7. Regulation of World Championship races 8. Grand Prixes regulation 9. Regulation of electronic systems10. Chip rings regulation11. Foot rings regulation12. Professional Committees - Young Fanciers Committee, program for educating the new generation - Solidarity Committee, equality, equal rights - European Committee - Communication and Information, sharing knowledge and experience13. Setting up expert workgroups (instructors, control, press, location, director...)

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2. Competetion rules

III. Regulations of FCI

Competition rules (notices of race) for all competitions and shows orga-nized by FCIThese regulate: - The means of execution - The conditions for entry - The duties and responsibilities of the organizers and the entrants - Competitors’ rights - Doping and disciplinary procedures - ControlThe Chairman or the Secretary General may, if necessary, set up expert workgroups for a definite period to carry out certain duties: - inspectors - instructors - anti-doping experts - location organizers

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III. Regulations of FCI

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3. Competetions and shows

Only the FCI member countries can take part at the FCI events.FCI competitions (Grand Prix, World Cup, Olympiades) must be ap-plied for in advance, with regular information provided to FCI and/or the competent forum, and subsequently a report on the event (statis-tics, photos) must be sent to FCI.The objective of FCI’s events are to raise professional quality and to maintain standards

Bulgaria SofiaCzech. Rep. Talent QuatroDenmark DapiraGermany UsedomGreece AS GoldenDerby Halkidiki, GreeceHungary VAC

Fast Pigeons Rimini, ItalyPortugal CartaxoPortugal Algarve Great DerbyPortugal MiraPortugal RiachosPortugal Faro

Romania Black SeaRomania AradGolden Pigeons, RomaniaRomania CorabiaSuper Star RomaniaKirzach race, RussiaBelgrade ace the winner, Seriba

Spain Derby MeditterraneoSpain Costa del SolDerby Costa de la Luz, SpainUkraine Karpaten Derby

III. Regulations of FCI

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South-Afria: Carnival LoftsVictoria Falls

Thailand OLR BangkokThailand PattajaCTRPA Grand Prix, Taiwan

Shanxi WeiliNingxia HuangheBeijing Eijerkamp

Baotou EijerkampTianjin Tianyuxiang

III. Regulations of FCI

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1. Confederations

IV. Plans for the future of FCI

Confederations need to be created:

- To represent and develop pigeon racing as a sport globally, to organize competitions and shows- To popularize pigeon racing- To maintain the simplicity of pigeon racing, its original nature and characteristics

Suggested confederations:

- European Racing Pigeon Federation- Asian Racing Pigeon Federation- North and Central American Racing Pigeon Federation- South American Racing Pigeon Federation- Racing Pigeon Federation of Australia and Oceania- Racing Pigeon Federation of Africa - Middle East

- Professional, representative, organizational entities- In close cooperation with FCI

2. Planned programs- Welfare, professional and support programs- Equality and equal rights program- Social responsibility program- A program for educating new generation- Knowledge and experience sharing program- Information and communication program

The most important elements of the upcoming professional meetings are: 1. Future of pigeon sport, opportunities for development, current issues in different continents and countries 2. The role of FCI in the World - supporting accession process of new members - supporting establishment of national associations - preservation and renewal of our professional values - managing rules and racing processes organizing work - our events, races, exhibitions, conferences - National - international - Olympades - Continental - Grand Prix - World Championship 3. FCI ring 4. FCI for pigeon fanciers / with pigeon fanciers Presentations of highly respected persons

3. Professional meetings, conferences

IV. Plans for the future of FCI

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IV. Plans for the future of FCI

1. Speakers, Presenters / planned invitation, can change by regions, the list is open/ national and international winners Olympic champions World Championship winners

2.Conference Topics: - racing, preparation, motivation - Pigeon fanciing - prizes – national – international awards - Animal Health issues nowadays - Doping in pigeonsport - Avian Flu - feeding issues •Breeding •Racing •youngsters - Industries near the pigeon sport - IT innovations - Family program – recruitment - About ETS - Marketing in the pigeon sport

4. Conferences

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IV. Plans for the future of FCI

3. Location 1. Europe 2. Asia 3. Arabian Countries (Gulf) 4. America / North, South/ 5. Indonesia-India 6. Africa 7.Russia and East Europe

4. The World and the pigeon sport Continents- member states FCI evaluation, titles, results, new ideas

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1. FCI Director Board 2017- 2018

V. Leadership of FCI

President

Istvan BARDOS (Hungary) istvan.bardos@postagalamb.hu

Vice presidents

Hans-Joachim NUSSE hans-joachim.nuesse@gmx.de (Germany) Stefaan VAN BOCKSTAELE (Belgium) presidentnat@hotmail.be David BARROS MADEIRA (Portugal) madeira.david@sapo.pt Marius TUNDUC m.tunduc@gmail.com (Romania) Xing XIAOQUAN (China) 13801307891@163.com

Secretary-general

Geert PHILIPS (Belgium) philips.g@kbdb.be

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V. Leadership of FCI

Franz MARCHAT

Tomas MONTIEL LUIS

Jean-Jacques DUPUIS

Leslie BLACKLOCK

Cristian COSSA

Charles SCERRI

Jan KAWALER

Vladimir SAMODELOV

Daniel KRAJCIK

Jan FILIPI

Ivan BODNARASH

Austria

Spain

France

Great Britain

Italy

Malta

Poland

Russia

Slovakia

Czech Republic

Ukraine

franz.marchat@tankstopp.at

realfede@realfede.com

fcf@nordnet.fr

leslie.blacklock@btinternet.com

manu.cri@tiscalinet.it

charles@charlesscerri.com

zg@pzhgp.pl

golubi08@yandex.ru

d.krajcik@gmail.com

filipiteam@seznam.cz

confederation.ua15@gmail.com

2. Members of FCI Director Board 2017- 2018

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V. Leadership of FCI

Treasurer

Jean-Pierre NELL (Switzerland) fcinell@bluewin.chGrand Prix Sub-Committee President: Dirk Schreel dirk.schreel@telenet.be (Belgium) Secretary: Frans Hermans frans.fcigrandprix@yahoo.com (Belgium)Statutory advisor

Francine LAGEOT (Belgium) francine.lageot@skynet.deInterpreter

Ulrich FREI-ZULAUF (Switzerland) ufrei@bman.chOperating Secretary

Ingrid ELLEBOOG (Belgium) elleboog.i@kbdb.be

Honorary president

Dr. José TERESO jtereso@gmail.com

Hon. vice-presidents

Horst MENZEL annemie.menzel@t-online.be Ernest ROSSI erosi@vol.net.mt

Honorary members

Arthur KNAEPEN arthur.knaepen@skínet.be Peter JANSSEN info@maler-janssen.eu Martha VAN GEEL martha@geelloft.nl

3. Officers

4. Honorary members of FCI Leadership

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5. Member Federations

V. Leadership of FCI

1. Albania2. Argentina3. Australia4. Austria5. Bahrain6. Belgium7. Bosnia Herzegovina8. Brazil9. Bulgaria10. Canada11. Chile12. China13. Chinese Taipei14. Colombia15. Costa Rica16. Croatia17. Cuba18. Czech Republic19. Denmark20. France21. GB - NEHU22. GB - RPRA23. Germany

24. Greece25. Hong-Kong26. Hungary27. India28. Ireland29. Italy30. Japan31. Kosovo32. Kuwait33. Latvia34. Lithuania35. Luxembourg36. Malta37. Mexico38. Montenegro39. Morocco40. Netherlands41. Nicaragua42. Norway43. Peru44. Philippines45. Poland46. Portugal

47. Qatar48. Romania49. Russia50. Saudi Arabia51. Serbia52. Slovakia53. Slovenia54. South Africa55. Spain56. Sweden57. Switzerland58. Thailand59. Trinidad60. Turkey61. Ukraine Conf.62. Ukraine Racing 63. United Arab Emirates64. Uruguay65. USA ARPU66. USA IFAHPF

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V. Leadership of FCI

2. Member FederationsAfrique du Sud South African National Pigeon Organization jp.pigeons@gmail.comAlbanie Federation Colombophile D’Albanie info@albaniapigeons.orgAllemagne Verband Deuther Brieftaubenzuchter e.v. i.kajan@brieftaubenverband.deArabie Saoudite Saudi Federation for Homing Pigeon Racing info@saudipigeonracing.comArgentine FederationColombofiliaArgentina prensafecoar@gmail.comAustralie AustralianPigeonFanciersAssociation apfa@fl.net.auAutriche Ost. Verband der Brieftaubenzuchter franz.marchat@tankstopp.atBahrain Bahrain Homing Racing ClubBelgique Koninklijke Belgische Duivenliefhebbersbond nationale@rfcb.beBosnie Herzegovina Association of Sport Racer Pigeon in BIH amir.dzinic@gmail.comBrésil FederacaoColumbofilaBrasileira goncalvesdavid1951@uol.com.brBulgarie BulgarianRacingPigeonAssociation ilian_jss20001@yahoo.comCanada CanadianRacingPigeonUnionINC. secretary@crpu.caChili AssociacionColombofiliaChilena asociacioncolombofilachilena@gmail.comChine Chinese Racing Pigeon Association chnrpa@sina.comChineseTaipei ChineseTaipeiRacingPigeonAssociation a62792@yahoo.com.twColombie FederationColombofiliaColombianaCostaRica AsociacionColombofiliaCostarricense pachecocr6@hotmail.comCroatie Hrvatski Savez Klubova Uzgajivaca Golubova Listonosa hskugl2@gmail.comCuba FederacionColombofiladeCuba cubacolombofila@enet.cuDanemark De Dankse Brevdueforeninger ddb@brevduen.dkDubay DubayHomingPigeonRacingClub ibm5050@emirates.net.aeEspagne RealFederationColombofilaEspanola realfede@realfede.comETATS-UNIS I.F. of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers inc. valmatteucci@optimum.netETATS-UNISARPU TheAmericanRacingPigeonUnion augrow@aol.comFrance Federation Colombophile Francaise fcf@nordnet.frGD Luxembourg Federation Colombophile Luxembourgeoise remull@pt.luGBRPRA RoyalPigeonRacingAssociation ianevans@rpra.orgGB NEHU North England Homing Union nehu@nehu.co.ukGrece Hellenic Federation of Racing Pigeons anchristo28@gmail.comHong-Kong The Hong-Komg Pigeon Association Co.Ltd tseping@cppharm.comHongrie Hungarian Racing Pigeon Sport Federation istvan.bardos@postagalamb.huItalie FederazioneColombofilaItaliana info@colomboviaggiatore.it

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V. Leadership of FCI

Inde IndianRacingPigeonAssociation clarmayent@yahoo.comIrlande Irish Homing Pigeon Union kenmcconaghie38@btinternet.comJapon Japan Racing Pigeon Association info@jrpa.or.jpKoweit KuwaitRacingPigeonClub cc.q8@hotmail.comKosovo Pigeon Federation of Kosova fp.postierkosove@hotmail.comLatvia Latvian Federation of Racing and Decorative Pigeons pigeons24@inbox.lvLithuanie Lithuanian Pigeon Sport Federation alkisielius@gmail.comMalte Federation of Racing Pigeon Clubs of Malta charles@charlesscerri.comMaroc Ass.SportiveColombophileduCentreSudduMaroc asc_cs83@yahoo.frMexique FederationMexicanadeColombofiliaA.C. femecolombofilia@hotmail.comMontenegre Ass. Of Clubs Ofbreeders of Letter Carriers in Mont. alkoset@t-com.meNicaragua AsociacionColombofiladeNicaragua mhurtado@prisa.com.niNorvege Norges Brevdueforbund marianne@lindbergduene.comPAYS-BAS Nederlandse Postduivenhouders Org. secretariaat@npoveenendaal.nlPerou AssociacionPeruanadeColombofilos(APCO)Philippines ThePhilippineomingPigeonAssociationInc. race_pha@yahoo.comPologne PolskiZwiazekHodowcowGolebiPocztowychZarzadGlowny zg@pzhgp.plPortugal FederacaoPortuguesadeColombofilia geral@fpcolumbofilia.ptQatar Qatari Club for Homing Pigeon qjbc@hotmail.comRoumanie FederatiaNationalaaCrescatorilordePorumbeidinRomania office@fcpr.roRussie Union Colombophile Sportive de Russie infosrsg@gmail.comSerbie Savez Sportskih Klubova Odgajivaca Golubova Pism. Srbije savezskogpsrbije@gmail.comSlovaquie SlovenskyZvazChovatelovPostovychHolubov szchph@postoveholuby.skSlovenie Zveza Klubov Gojiteljev Sportnih Golobov Pismonos Slovenije info@golob-slzveza.siSuede SvenskaBrevduveforbundet peter52.bjork@gmail.comSuisse AssociationColombophileSuisse fclnell@bluewin.chTchequie TheCzechNat.RacingPigeonAss. filipiteam@seznam.czThailande Thai Homing Pigeon Federation somsakch@ji-net.comTrinidad National Racing Pigeon Comm.of Trinidad & Tobago ernestoferreira1935@hotmail.comTurquie Turkish Pigeon Federation iletisim@gufed.comUkrain UkrainianCondererationofPigeonSport confederation.ua15@gmail.comUruguay FederacionColombofilaUruguaya terrara@adinet.com.uyUSA American Racing Pigeon Union aupromo@aol.comUSA Racing Pigeons USA michael@pigeonusa.com

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Australia

China

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BG

GR

BHV

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LV

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Sweden

Norway

Thailand

CZ

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NL

DK

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